Sanyyaxtax

Sanyyakhtakh stands on the left bank of the Lena and takes its name from a local stream. The great river passes through wooded country here on its way toward central Yakutia. In the eighteenth century a postal station was established at Sanyyakhtakh on the route linking Vitim and Yakutsk. Horses and drivers relayed travellers and messages between stations along the river, spanning the vast distances of the Siberian interior.